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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
)
Epding, Volker
Years
:
1981-2015
Number of games
:
170
Number of wins
:
69
Number of draws
:
51
Number of losses
:
50
White score
:
53/84 (63.1% - Average Elo: 1984.3)
Black score
:
41½/86 (48.26% - Average Elo: 2003.93)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Epding, Volker (1984) - Heedt, Thorsten (2124), Cologne KS op, Cologne (E92) - 1997
Epding, Volker (2105) - Wigger, Rolf (2120), Leverkusen-ch op 07th, Leverkusen (A51) - 1995
Epding, Volker (2105) - Balduan, Markus (2115), Leverkusen-ch op 07th, Leverkusen (A40) - 1995
Richter, Goetz (2245) - Epding, Volker, Porz op 9495 32nd, Cologne (B15) - 1995
Kies, Werner (2089) - Epding, Volker (1965), Leverkusen-ch op, Leverkusen (B19) - 2010
Kies, Werner (2015) - Epding, Volker (2056), Leverkusen-ch op 09th, Leverkusen (B15) - 1997
Epding, Volker - ? (71)
Cmiel, Thorsten (0/2)
Georgi, Thomas (2/2)
Gnass, Arno (2/2)
Kies, Werner (0/2)
Lorenz, Roger (0/2)
Lukowski, Lev (1/2)
Mueller Boge, Michael (0/2)
Puetzkaul, Karl (2/2)
Pyka, Andreas (1½/2)
Reuter, Michael (2/2)
Steinwachs, Christian (1/2)
Vossen, Peter (1/2)
Wigger, Rolf (2/2)
Aumann, Welf (1/1)
Balduan, Markus (1/1)
Behrens, Wilfried (½/1)
Bonnmann, Reinhard (0/1)
Bosniak, D (0/1)
Brandt, Thorsten (1/1)
Buchkremer, Felix (1/1)
Duester, Frank (1/1)
Engels, Marco (1/1)
Freitag, F (1/1)
Gerards, Hans (1/1)
Gockel, Mirco (1/1)
Goldenstein, Arnd (1/1)
Gorzan, Ramin (½/1)
Hamouz, Vaclav (½/1)
Handke, Florian (1/1)
Heedt, Thorsten (1/1)
Herrmann, Christoph (1/1)
Hess, Christian (½/1)
Hingst, Dieter Max Otto (1/1)
Hirth, Ulrich (½/1)
Hoffmann, Peter (½/1)
Kamphausen, Dieter (1/1)
Kemmler, Michael (0/1)
Kluenter, Wilhelm (1/1)
Krueger, Andre (½/1)
Kubiak, Manfred (1/1)
Loskamp, Stefan (0/1)
Loutfoulline, Timour (1/1)
Marggraff, Bernhard (1/1)
Multhauf, Stefan (½/1)
Ostenda, Eric (0/1)
Paulsen, Dirk (0/1)
Pejkovic, Patrick Slavko (1/1)
Pruess, Martin (1/1)
Raabe, Joachim (½/1)
Reinemer, Frank (0/1)
Rohrich, Stefan (½/1)
Rosenkraenzer, Torsten (1/1)
Rotstein, Jefim (0/1)
Scharff, Klaus (½/1)
Schneider, Hans Peter (1/1)
Siebert, Lutz (0/1)
Sockel, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Speck, Stefan (½/1)
Sprenger, Jan Michael (0/1)
Strack Goertsches, Hans Juergen (1/1)
Van Muenster, Kirsten (1/1)
Venhoff, Michael (½/1)
Vlasov, Igor (½/1)
Von Lucke, Claus (1/1)
Walter, Kurt (½/1)
Wegener, Marcus (0/1)
Weiland, Herbert (1/1)
Wicht, Juergen (½/1)
Wulfken, Christof (½/1)
Ziabari, Morteza (1/1)
Zuehlke, Ernst Wilhelm (1/1)
? - Epding, Volker (72)
Loskamp, Stefan (3/3)
Sockel, Karl Heinz (1/3)
Hilmer, Frank (½/2)
Hoeren, Andreas (1/2)
Kies, Werner (2/2)
Kneutgen, Alexander (1/2)
Knuetter, Helmut (2/2)
Loeffler, Friedrich (1/2)
Mays, Stefan (½/2)
Nguyen, Van Hoang (½/2)
Pruess, Martin (½/2)
Roski, Ferdinand (0/2)
Ax, Paul (1/1)
Baier, Uwe (1/1)
Balduan, Karl Heinz (1/1)
Balduan, Markus (0/1)
Boehm, Stefan (½/1)
Bonnmann, Reinhard (1/1)
Broehl, Stefan (½/1)
Buettgen, Guido (½/1)
Feldmann, Guido (½/1)
Friedsam, Manfred (0/1)
Fuchs, Antje (½/1)
Georgi, Thomas (0/1)
Gisselmann, Hardy (1/1)
Gluckman, TJ (1/1)
Gnass, Arno (1/1)
Gockel, Mirco (1/1)
Hennig, Edgar Paul (½/1)
Hess, Dennis (1/1)
Ivanov, Sergey (0/1)
Jiritschka, Wolfgang (0/1)
Jungen, Manfred (1/1)
Kappelt, Joerg (½/1)
Keller, Karsten (0/1)
Klasen, Hendrik (0/1)
Klasen, Henrik (0/1)
Klasen, Uwe (1/1)
Klotz, Stefan (½/1)
Koehler, Markus (0/1)
Leichter, Michael (1/1)
Loetzerich, Rolf (½/1)
Luett, Michael (½/1)
Maciag, David (1/1)
Manay, Gueven (1/1)
Matthaei, Alexander (0/1)
Mueller, Dieter (0/1)
Negele, Michael (0/1)
Neubauer, Juergen (0/1)
Oswald, Hans Joachim (0/1)
Poehler, Margit (½/1)
Puetzkaul, Karl (½/1)
Raabe, Joachim (1/1)
Raupach, Gregor (0/1)
Reinemer, Frank (0/1)
Richter, Goetz (1/1)
Scharff, Klaus (0/1)
Schlaefer, Roland (0/1)
Schulte, Christian (0/1)
Schurr, Bernhard (0/1)
Schwis, Joachim (½/1)
Seiler, Andreas (0/1)
Sprenger, Jan Michael (1/1)
Stephan, Juergen (1/1)
Stoeber, Michael (½/1)
Tereschenko, Boris (1/1)
Van Kempen, Heinz Erich (0/1)
Vossen, Klaus (½/1)
Weber, Michael (½/1)
Weber, Olaf (1/1)
Weiler, Wolfgang (½/1)
Ziabari, Morteza (0/1)
Openings played as White (45)
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
1884.4
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5)
Average Elo:
2035.67
Result:
2/5 = 40%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2006.4
Result:
2/5 = 40%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
2096.33
Result:
1½/4 = 37.5%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1855
Result:
1½/3 = 50%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2124
Result:
3/3 = 100%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
1888.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1955.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
1666
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1982.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2088
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1845.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6)
Average Elo:
1923
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D85 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5)
Average Elo:
2083
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A46 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2127
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5)
Average Elo:
1999
Result:
½/2 = 25%
E61 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2045
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo:
2125
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5)
Average Elo:
2060
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1892.5
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
A90 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E91 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
1772
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1800
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D88 Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main line, 10...cd, 11.cd (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo:
2113
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo:
1850
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1814
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2193
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1964
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2263
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) System (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2120
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Openings played as Black (34)
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1955.75
Result:
7½/13 = 57.69%
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo:
2054.57
Result:
5/11 = 45.45%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2050.4
Result:
4½/9 = 50%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2033.8
Result:
1½/5 = 30%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2148.5
Result:
2/4 = 50%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 (1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2035.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
1875.5
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.b3)
Average Elo:
1756
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3)
Average Elo:
2080
Result:
1/2 = 50%
E14 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3)
Average Elo:
1950
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
Average Elo:
2053
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2)
Average Elo:
1920
Result:
0/2 = 0%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2007.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1536
Result:
2/2 = 100%
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
1825
Result:
½/2 = 25%
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
1925
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2505
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System (1.c4 c6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A06 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D65 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.cxd5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2014
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1)
Average Elo:
1336
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1865
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2015
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2152
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2089
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2097
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2103
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4)
Average Elo:
1813
Result:
0/1 = 0%